

<p class="title" align="center">Triangle Java Users Group Presents:</p>
<p class="header4" align="center">Projections for the IT Industry and the Effects of Open-Source</p>
<p class="header4" align="center"><span align="center" class="header3">presented
  by Jim Duggan of the Gartner Group</span></p>

<p align="center"><b>Monday, June 21, 2004 </b><br>
  <b>6:30 PM - 9:00 PM</b> <br>
  <b>MCNC Auditorium</b> <br>
  3021 Cornwallis Road <br>
  Research Triangle Park, North Carolina</p>


<p><span class="header2">Abstract:</span><br>
Jim Duggan, a vice president and resarch area director for the Gartner Group, will share with us some of the Gartner Groups's projections for the IT industry as a whole and on Java/.Net futures and Open Source in particular.
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<p><span class="header2">About the Speaker:</span><br>
Jim Duggan is a vice president and research area director for Gartner. Mr. Duggan is Research Team Lead on application development.  In addition to coordinating overall research positions,  he covers tools and methodologies for analysis, design, quality assurance, and software configuration and change management. He also does research on component-based development and the maintenance and evolution of legacy application portfolios.  Jim has been with Gartner since 1997. 
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Prior to joining Gartner , Mr. Duggan was an analyst of institutional equities for First Albany, a financial services firm. He also has held technical and management positions at end-user organizations  (Owens-Corning, USAF), and at IT vendors (IBM, Seer Technologies).
Mr. Duggan earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a master of science degree in engineering from Princeton University. He is a registered professional engineer.

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<span class="header2">Agenda:</span><br>
6:30 - 7:00 PM -- Meet, Talk, Pizza <br>
7:00 - 7:15 -- JUG Business and Announcements <br>
7:15 - 8:15 -- Presentation <br>
8:15 - 8:30 -- Discussion with Presenter <br>
9:00 - Doors close <br>

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<p><span class="header2">Admission:</span><br>
Paid-up members of TriJUG may attend without additional charge.
Non members are asked to pay $5 per meeting. But, if you are either a full time
student or unemployed, then we ask only $2 per meeting.</p>


<p><span class="header2">DIRECTIONS to MCNC:</span><br>
<b>From Raleigh:</b><br>
Take I-40 West toward Durham and Chapel Hill. You will enter RTP. Where I-40 splits,
bear right onto the Durham Freeway North (Highway 147). Take the Cornwallis Road Exit.
At the end of the exit ramp, bear right - cross back over the Freeway. MCNC is located
approximately 3/4 mile on the right.</p>


<p><b>From Durham:</b><br>
Get on the Durham Freeway South (Highway 147). Take the Cornwallis Road exit.
At the end of the ramp, bear right - MCNC is approximately 3/4 mile on right. </p>

<p align="center">Click here for <a href="http://www.mcnc.org/rdi/index.cfm?fuseaction=page&filename=location_and_directions.html">map with
directions</a>, or visit the <a href="http://www.mcnc.org/">MCNC web site</a>.</p>

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